Part 5 - Reflections

part 5 - Reflections In the press of continuing war the collapse of RCT 31 was soon forgotten. The regiment, reorganized,was back in action under new command by February and fought well. Years later William McCaffrey,now a retired lieutenant general, who was given command of the 31st Infantry in March thought thedisaster was a collapse of leadership from the top down: ..I suggest the unraveling of the 31st RCT was a reflection of incompetence and misconducton the part of Gens Barr and Hodes, a lesser degree of incompetence on the part of the fieldgrade officers, who, nevertheless, in general, died or were overwhelmed by the cold, theenemy and the enormity of the problems that cascaded over them.

Part 5 - Reflections In the press of continuing war the collapse of RCT 31 was soon forgotten. The regiment, reorganized, was back in action under new command by February and fought well.

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